BML Munjal University, Imperial College set up research centre for consultancy

NEW DELHI: BML Munjal University (BMU), founded by the Hero Group and mentored by the Imperial College, London, has set up a Centre for Research on Operational Excellence to conduct research and consultancy in the service and manufacturing sectors.

The centre, in collaboration with Imperial College, will focus on service, process and network design, bureaucracy and technology, supply chain management, smart transportation and infrastructure, energy, pollution reduction, environment, climate change and healthcare operations delivery, said Nelson Phillip, acting dean of Imperial College.

It will work with industry groups to help them achieve operational excellence at par or exceeding that of leading organisations.

"The joint research centre will play a key role in realising such operational management potential with technology development. It will also help students in both universities gain insights and build strategies which can also be implemented in the other developing countries," said Phillip.

Tapan Panda, dean of the School of Management at BMU, added that the research centre will provide students an international perspective in operational excellence in the service and manufacturing sectors to develop management practices and technology relevant to the industry.